ABSTRACT
Speech, a formal talk that a person presents to the audiences, to express his/her views or emotions on a specific issue, or to conduct propaganda activities so as to achieve inspiring the audience and promote its action as a information-sharing activities.
Rhetoric is one kind of important expressive device in language. It refers to interpreting abstract and complex ideas or processes through simple and concrete methods. Since rhetoric is full of imagination, it can promote the transmission and communication of emotions and ideas.
Rhetoric exists in writings with various styles, especially, in speech. Rhetoric plays a very important role in English speech, acting as a key element for the success of a speech. The thesis, based on the respective studies of the definition of speech and rhetoric, makes a careful analysis of the use of main rhetorical devices in English speech, including simile, metaphor, parallelism, alliteration, repetition, antithesis, rhetorical question and so on, targeting at better appreciating English speech, and learn more about the language skills in speech, so as to promote the further understanding of speech.
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Foreword 1
1．Speech……………………………………………………………………..2
1.1 The Definition of Speech………………..………………………………….2
1.2 The Function of Speech……………………………………….……………2
2．Rhetoric………….………………………………………………………..3
2.1 The Definition of Rhetoric 3
2.2 The Function of Rhetoric…………..............……………………………….4
3. An Analysis of Rhetoric in English Speech……………………………...4
3.1 Simile 4
3.2 Metaphor 6
3.3 Parallelism 7
3.4 Repetition 9
3.5 Alliteration 11
3.6 Antithesis 12
3.7 Rhetorical question 14
4．Conclusion 15
Bibliography 16
Acknowledgements 17
